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St. Vrain Valley School District Odyssey teams headed to state tournament

Longmont Times-Call

Posted:
03/25/2013 10:13:04 PM MDT

Updated:
03/25/2013 10:27:50 PM MDT

Liilia Estrada, Ian Taff, Carson Russell, Keegan Wolver, Jayce Ohnstad, Kevin Black on the Primary Team after completing Top Sea-cret Discovery. The students had solved the problem by creating a world under the Atlantic Ocean where golden sea turtle eggs were a special treasure.
(Katie Shanley Wolver/Courtesy photo)

LONGMONT -- Students from several St. Vrain Valley School District Schools have qualified for the Colorado Odyssey of the Mind tournament after competing in Saturday's Mt. Evans Regional Tournament.

Odyssey of the Mind is a problem-solving program for students of all ages. Teams compete against others in their division to solve a spontaneous problem and one of five different long-term problems -- mechanical/vehicle; technical performance, classics, structure or performance -- that fulfill specific themes.

To advance to the state tournament, which is on April 13 at Fort Collins High School, a team had to finish in the top three in its question and division.

Local Division I (elementary) schools with teams that qualified for the state tournament are Alpine, Black Rock, Burlington, Central, Erie, Flagstaff Academy, Imagine Charter School at Firestone, Legacy, Niwot, Red Hawk and Twin Peaks Charter Academy.

Local Division II (middle) schools with teams that qualified for the state tournament are Altona, Coal Ridge, Erie, Flagstaff, Imagine at Firestone, Trail Ridge and Twin Peaks.

In Division III, Erie High was the only St. Vrain school to qualify for the state tournament.

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